I noticed the article made the following comment, as well as other
interesting comments and facts.
"The study also shows that a teacher's expertise in a subject is the
second most powerful predictor of pupil achievement in GCSE and A level
physics, after pupil ability."
________________________
Joel Rauber
Department of Physics - SDSU
Joel.Rauber@sdstate.edu
605-688-4293
| -----Original Message-----
| From: Forum for Physics Educators
| [mailto:PHYS-L@list1.ucc.nau.edu] On Behalf Of jbellina
| Sent: Monday, November 21, 2005 8:52 PM
| To: PHYS-L@LISTS.NAU.EDU
| Subject: Fwd: serious decline in number of students taking
| physics in UK schools
|
| Perhaps of interest,
|
| joe
|
| Joseph J. Bellina, Jr. Ph.D.
| Professor of Physics
| Saint Mary's College
| Notre Dame, IN 46556
|
| Begin forwarded message:
|
| > From: Eric Scerri <scerri@CHEM.UCLA.EDU>
| > Date: November 21, 2005 9:33:07 PM EST
| > To: CHEMED-L@MAILER.UWF.EDU
| > Subject: serious decline in number of students taking physics in UK
| > schools
| > Reply-To: Chemistry Education Discussion List <CHEMED-
| > L@MAILER.UWF.EDU>
| >
| > You may want to take a look at this alarming article regarding the
| > teaching of physics in UK high schools.
| >
| >
| > http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2-1881426,00.html
| >
| >
| > This from the country that produced the physicists Maxwell, JJ
| > Thomson, Rutherford, Dirac, Hoyle, and Eddington to name just a few!
| >
| >
| >
| >
| >
| >
| >
| > Dr. Eric Scerri,
| > Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
| > 90095-1569
| >
| > E-mail scerri@chem.ucla.edu
| > Tel: 310 206 7443
| >
| > Web Page
| > http://www.chem.ucla.edu/dept/Faculty/scerri/
| >
| > Editor of Foundations of Chemistry,
| >
| > http://www.springer.com/sgw/cda/frontpage/
| > 0,11855,5-0-70-35545882-0,00.h
| >
| > Also see International Society for the Philosophy of Chemistry
| > http://ispc.sas.upenn.edu/
|
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